Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

by Hunter S. Thompson

illustrated by Ralph Steadman 

First edition.  New York:  Random House, 1971  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition, with a VERY GOOD DJ under Mylar.

• Gray covers with blind stamped illustration and black cloth at spine.  Boards show some exposure at edges, a few stains, edgewear.  Corners are bumped.  See photos. 
• Spine has silver text and is bright with softened ends.
• Binding is strong.  
• Illustrated end papers, pastedowns show little sign of age or wear.
• Illustrations in black ink are bright and clear. 
• Interior exhibits minimal signs of age, a stain to upper corner of pp. 67-68.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.  See photos.
• Text block edges have some staining, a few marks.  
• DJ looks great behind Mylar and is backed with archival paper.
• Close examination of DJ reveals light edgewear including possible bumps, rubbing, and/or tiny closed tears.
• PS2025.1119

206 pages. 5.25 x 8.25 inches

ISBN: 0-394-46435-4

Publisher's gray boards blind stamped with illustration on front panel, black cloth spine with title printed in silver.  Stated “first edition” on copyright page with “97532468” number line.  In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $5.95 on front flap, bright illustrations.  Some exposure to extremities of boards, a stain to the margin of pg. 67,  and a few marks to text block edges; in all a Very Good copy indeed. 

The novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is based on two trips to Las Vegas, Nevada, that Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) took with attorney and Chicano activist Oscar Zeta Acosta in March and April 1971.  It first appeared in Rolling Stone Magazine in 1971; the book "cemented Mr. Thompson’s place as a singular presence in American journalism or, as he once called himself, ‘a connoisseur of edge work’" (New York Times).  The book would be adapted into the 1998 film starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro, directed by Terry Gilliam.  

The illustrations are by Ralph Idris Steadman (1936-), a Welsh illustrator who collaborated with Hunter S. Thompson on many of his articles and books. 

Stated “first edition” on copyright page with “97532468” number line.

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